The next year and a half will arguably be the most important period in the history of Japanese basketball with the 2019 FIBA World Cup and 2020 Tokyo Olympics on the horizon.
But this country is also looking beyond that, trying to develop up-and-coming stars in order to achieve continuous success.
The Japan Basketball Association is currently hosting a development training camp mainly for younger hoopsters, which includes a few teenagers, at Tokyo's National Training Center.